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In this important book Peter Brophy introduces and explains the concept of story-telling or narrative-based practice in teaching, research, professional practice and organizations. This book will be essential reading for professionals, scholars and students in the many disciplines currently using evidence-based practice, such as information management, health, social policy, librarianship and general management.

The current financial and on-going ecological crises have taught us that without practical wisdom, business,
organisations and leadership cannot be sustainable. In response to this situation, the Handbook of Practical Wisdom presents a critically informed understanding of wise practices, contributing ...

Using phenomenology to uncover the implicit logic in personal love, sexual love, and hatred, Peter
Hadreas provides new insights into the uniqueness of the beloved and offers fresh explanations for some of the worst outbreaks of violence and hatred in ...

By critically appraising current theories of both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and agglomeration, this book
explores the variety of links that exist between these two externality-creating phenomena. Using in-depth empirical research on Mexico, Jacob Jordaan constructs and analyzes several datasets ...

In recent years, geographies of identities, including those of ethnicity, religion, 'race' and gender, have
formed an increasing focus of contemporary human geography. The events of September 11th, 2001 particularly illustrated the ways in which identities can be transformed across ...

Seaport gateways and the corridors which connect them to widely dispersed hinterlands are of vital
and essential importance to international trade and the world economy. Distributing goods to ultimate land destinations or bringing the goods to seaports from inland origins ...

Drawing upon a wealth of previously classified documents, the book reveals how the Admiralty and
Air Ministry became interlocked in a bitter political struggle over which of their military strategies could best meet Britain's future foreign policy challenges. Providing an ...

Learning and Mobilising for Community Development introduces the reader to different ways of thinking about,
and organising community-based education and training within different settings. Stories from the global south and north illustrate approaches to collective learning and collective action. The ...

The ability of a business to learn is becoming increasingly important for success. In Making
Sense of Organizational Learning, Cyril Kirwan examines the wide range of factors necessary to create and sustain organizational learning and knowledge at all levels. The ...